Submissions

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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • Being a doctor or doctoral student; or having a co-author who has such titles.
  • Approach subjects of theological interest or that contemplate the religious phenomenon.
  • The text must be unpublished and cannot be under evaluation by other journals at the same time.
  • The article must present consistency and theoretical rigor.
  • The article must have faithful articulation with its primary objective.
  • The article must show a careful theoretical-methodological foundation, analysis, and conclusion.
  • The article must list an updated bibliography relevant to the topic.
  • The article must respect academic language, as well as technical formatting standards.
  • The text can be written in Portuguese, Spanish, or English.
  • The text must be between 10 and 25 pages and follow all the details found in the guidelines for authors.
  • omply with the ABNT (Brazilian Association of Technical Standards) standards defined in the Kerygma journal guidelines.
  • The author agrees to the editorial terms outlined on the journal's website.

Author Guidelines

General Guidelines for Article Submission

Kerygma receives articles on a continuous-flow basis, authored by national and international scholars, in the fields of Theology and Religious Studies. Studies in dialogue with related areas of the Humanities and Applied Social Sciences are also accepted, provided that the primary focus of the manuscript is theological or religious.

Authorship Profile

The journal prioritizes submissions by PhD holders and doctoral candidates affiliated with undergraduate and/or graduate programs. Submissions by authors without a doctoral degree are accepted when coauthored with a PhD holder or doctoral candidate.

 

Submission and File Format

  • Submissions must be made exclusively through the Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform, upon prior registration.
  • Manuscripts must be submitted in .doc or .docx format (Microsoft Word). PDF files are not accepted.
  • A file size of up to 2 MB is recommended.

Originality and Exclusivity

  • Manuscripts must be original and may not be under simultaneous review by another journal.
  • Previous publications (in whole or in part) are not accepted, except when the manuscript derives from a thesis or dissertation, which must be properly indicated in the system.
  • Texts may be written in Portuguese, Spanish, or English, observing standard academic language, clarity, and scholarly style.

Authorship and Coauthorship

  • Single authorship is recommended.
  • Up to three authors are permitted.
  • After submission, the inclusion of additional coauthors is not allowed.
  • Authorship is understood as direct and substantial contribution to the research and the manuscript. Financial support, infrastructure, or supervision alone do not constitute authorship.
  • All authors must provide an e-mail address and ORCID in the system.

Manuscript Anonymization

The submitted file must not contain any authorship identification (name, short biography, institutional acknowledgments, etc.). Authorship information must be entered exclusively in the user’s profile within OJS. Manuscripts containing identification will be returned for correction.

 

Basic Manuscript Formatting

(Alternatively, it is recommended that the author use the template available under the “Template” tab.)

  • A4 paper; margins: 3 cm (top/left) and 2 cm (bottom/right).
  • Calibri font, size 12; 1.5 line spacing; justified alignment; 1.5 cm first-line indentation.
  • Length: 10 to 25 pages, including tables, figures, and references. Exceptional cases must be indicated in the “comments to the editor” field.

Citations, Notes, and References

  • Author–date system according to ABNT standards: (Surname, year, p. x). Example: (Cardenal, 2011, p. 22).
  • Footnotes should be used only when strictly necessary and kept concise.
  • Do not use Latin abbreviations such as op. cit., ibid., idem, loc. cit., etc.
  • References listed at the end must include only works actually cited in the text. Items not cited will be removed during editing.

First Page Structure

  1. Title (language of the article): centered, uppercase, bold, Calibri 14.
  2. Title in English (or in Portuguese, if the article is in English): centered, uppercase, bold, Calibri 12.
  3. Abstract (100–250 words) + Abstract in the second language, Calibri 11, single spacing (no direct quotations).
  4. Keywords (3–5) + Keywords in the second language, separated by semicolons.

Note: the journal does not use epigraphs; if present, they will be removed during the editorial process.

Text Elements

  • Minimum structure: Introduction – Development – Final Considerations – References.
  • Section headings: bold, unnumbered, without indentation.
  • Images and figures: use only when essential; 300 dpi is recommended, with full respect for copyright.
  • Special characters (Hebrew, Greek, etc.): transliteration is preferred; when necessary, compatible fonts should be used and/or supplementary files provided.

Direct Quotations

  • Up to three lines: incorporated into the text, within quotation marks.
  • More than three lines: block quotation with left indentation, font size 11, single spacing, without quotation marks.
  • Translated quotations: indicate “author’s translation.”

 

Peer Review

After editorial screening (compliance with guidelines and scope), manuscripts are submitted to a double-blind peer review process. Possible outcomes are: Accepted, Accepted with Revisions, or Rejected.

General Evaluation Criteria

  1. Relevance to Theology and Religious Studies;
  2. Theoretical and methodological rigor;
  3. Internal coherence (objectives, analysis, and conclusions);
  4. Relevant and up-to-date bibliography;
  5. Originality and scholarly contribution;
  6. Adequacy of academic language and editorial standards.

Submissions not in accordance with these guidelines may be returned prior to peer review.

 

Complementary Guidelines

  • Research involving human subjects must comply with current ethical standards and, when applicable, present approval from a Research Ethics Committee.
  • The ideas and statements expressed in the articles are the sole responsibility of the authors.

In case of questions, authors are encouraged to contact the editorial team through the channel indicated on the journal’s website.

 

Copyright Notice

Copyright Statement

In summary, authors who publish in Kerygma must agree that:

  1. Once accepted for publication, the copyright of the articles is transferred to Kerygma.

  2. All third-party materials used in the text must be properly referenced.

  3. Authors must hold the rights or permissions for the use of images, tables, and other graphic materials.

  4. Authors guarantee that the submitted manuscript is original, of their own authorship, and has not been submitted or published elsewhere.

  5. The opinions and ideas expressed in the texts are the sole responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the journal.

  6. The editors reserve the right to make textual revisions and adjustments in accordance with the journal’s editorial standards.

  7. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal the right of first publication, with the work licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution–NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

  8. Authors authorize the reproduction and adaptation of the material by Kerygma, with the authors’ participation or express authorization when required.

  9. The journal may distribute, store, archive, and make the articles available through any physical or digital means, whether free of charge or paid.

  10. Authors may enter into separate agreements for the non-exclusive distribution of the published version of the work, provided that the original publication in Kerygma is acknowledged.

  11. Full or partial reproduction of the texts in other publications requires prior written authorization from the editor.

  12. Authors are permitted and encouraged to publish and distribute their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or personal webpages) before or during the editorial process, as this may increase the visibility and citation impact of the published work.

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